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HBO is allowed to swear Therefore they they think must swear and excessively. To the point it is becoming comical. While waiting to watch the second episode of Game of Thrones, I caught the last few minutes of a series called Treme, which I am not watching. In the show's few remaining moments there seemed to be as many swears—notably variations of fuck—that they could possibly squeeze before the credits. HBO can show sex. Therefore they feel they must show it excessively, but only with the full homophobic exposure of the female body of course. HBO can get away with a lot of graphic violence. Therefore they feel they need to show as much gore and carnage as possible. The Game of Thrones has already had a child thrown from a parapet, a beheading, a marriage scene staged like a rape, and the death of a noble dog for the satisfaction of a stereotypical spoiled young prince. I am sure we are in for many more gory scenes. It seems that what HBO doesn't appreciate is that a plethora of swears, an excess of nude bodies, and an overkill of violence does not quality television make. It can in fact overwhelm the drama and seem juvenile even with shows you want to watch. I probalby would have watched The Sopranos except that it was so unrealistically strewn with cursing and contrived violence. Guess what, HBO, there are gangsters who don't swear and hate the sight of blood. I must admit that they were judicious in the language for Mildred Pierce, though they managed a lot of their allowed nudity (of people you didn't want to see naked). But even that didn't help this tepid retelling of the James Cain soaper. It was ultimately boring. I suspect the same fate awaits Game of Thrones. Despite wonderful photography and stellar acting, this is rather a predictable seen-it-before swordfest. I think we were better off when tv had restrictions, at least on HBO where all they can can write anymore are scenes of violence, sex, and obscenities. Not that they don't have their place in drama, but hey, where's the drama?